IATEFL Learner Autonomy SIG

IATEFL Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group

A website to share news and resources related to learner autonomy.

Assessment Worm	Started in Denmark with Hanne Thomsen moved to Germany to see Sanja Wagner, wriggled up to to Finland to visit Viljo Kohonen, took a trip to Gran Canaria to visit Gina Oxbrow and then wriggled back into the can at the conference in Aberdeen.
Counselling / Advising	Started in Hull with Marina Mozzon-McPherson, wriggled over to see Sarah Toogood in Hong Kong and Sara Cotterall in Japan, stopped off in Mexico to see Desiree Castillo, popped over to Spain to see Mia Victori and then took a voyage to New Zealand to see Moira Hobbs and Sally Logan. Finally, our brave little worm came back to the can at Aberdeen.
Learner Training Worm	Started in Nottingham with Barbara Sinclair, visited Gail Ellis in Paris saw Leni Dam in Denmark and chatted to Andrew Kohen before joining the can again in Aberdeen .
Motivation Worm	Started in Warwick with Ema Ushioda, moved to Sheffield to vist Terry Lamb, wriggled to Leeds to see Martin Lamb and went to Saitama, Japan to see Tim Murphey then stayed in Japan but moved to Nagoya to visit David McLoughlin. Finally, the worm returned to the can at Aberdeen
Teacher Autonomy	Began in Braga, Portugal with Flávia Vieira and Isabel Barbosa, then moved to Granada, Spain to visit Manuel Jiménez Raya.The worm extended the visit to Spain by going to see Leslie Bobb Wolff. Finally, the worm came back to the can in Aberdeen.


From left to right: Viljo, Barbara, Flávia, Marina and Ema holding a worm at the Aberdeen pre-conference event.	All of the worms returned to the can